Building on the success of the existing Centers of Excellence & Expertise, US Customs has announced that six new CEEs will open in FY 2013:
1. Agriculture & Prepared Products: Miami, FL
2. Apparel, Footwear & Textiles: San Francisco, CA
3. Base Metals: Chicago, IL
4. Consumer Products & Mass Merchandising: Atlanta, GA
5. Industrial & Manufacturing Materials: Buffalo, NY
6. Machinery: Laredo, TX
This will bring the number of CEEs to ten.
A vital component of CBP’S Trade Transformation efforts on the import front, “[t]hese virtual centers will provide one-stop processing to lower the trade’s cost of business, provide greater consistency and predictability and enhance CBP enforcement efforts.”